Jeremy Lin

(born Aug. 23, 1988, California), In February 2012 “Linsanity” swept across the U.S. and much of Asia as basketball player Jeremy Lin, a Harvard University graduate and second-generation Asian American, led the NBA’s New York Knicks to a seven-game winning streak in which he scored an incredible 171 points overall, including 38 points in a 92–85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on February 10. The 1.9-m (6-ft 3-in) point guard amassed an additional 132 points in the following six games. Off the court Lin was celebrated as one of the NBA’s first Asian American players and the first NBA ... (100 of 693 words)